Abstract

QUINTERO, Eliana et al. Pilot study: effects of a program of yoga- hatha on psychological variables, functional, physical in patients with alzheimer type dementia. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2011, vol.5, n.2, pp.45-56. ISSN 1900-2386.

The main interest of this research was to determine the effect of Hatha Yoga program on psychological (quality of life, anxiety, depression, working memory and processing speed), physical (balance and flexibility) and functional (basic and instrumental activities) variables in Alzheimer patient group from Bogota. Eight adults 60 years old diagnosed with Moderate Alzheimer Dementia by health team from Fundación Cardio Infantil and with score of 5 in the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) participated in this study Descriptive statistics was used to make comparisons in measurements taken before and after the Hatha Yoga program and inferential statistics were used to test hypotheses. Increases in balance and flexibility was found with Wilcoxon test.

Keywords : Physical exercise; yoga; dementia.

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